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NASA rover finally bites the dust on Mars after 15 years
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NASA rover finally bites the dust on Mars after 15 years

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Opportunity, the Mars rover that was built to operate for just three months but…
NASA to make final attempt to contact Mars Opportunity Rover
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NASA to make final attempt to contact Mars Opportunity Rover

US space agency NASA will make one final attempt to contact its Opportunity Rover on Mars late Tuesday, eight months…
China lands probe on far side of moon in world first
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China lands probe on far side of moon in world first

A Chinese lunar rover landed on the far side of the moon on Thursday, in a global first that boosts…
Cheers as Mars InSight spacecraft lands on Red Planet
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Cheers as Mars InSight spacecraft lands on Red Planet

  Cheers and applause erupted at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Monday as a waist-high unmanned lander, called InSight, touched…
Anxiety at NASA as Mars InSight spacecraft nears Red Planet
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Anxiety at NASA as Mars InSight spacecraft nears Red Planet

  NASA’s top scientists admitted to sleepless nights, sweaty palms, stomach aches and moments of pure terror as their $993…
Big test coming up for tiny satellites trailing Mars lander
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Big test coming up for tiny satellites trailing Mars lander

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A pair of tiny experimental satellites trailing NASA’s InSight spacecraft all the way to…
How to drive a robot on Mars
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How to drive a robot on Mars

  Some 78 million miles (126 million kilometers) from Earth, alone on the immense and frigid Red Planet, a robot…
Liquid water lake discovered on Mars
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Liquid water lake discovered on Mars

A massive underground lake has been detected for the first time on Mars, raising hopes that more water — and…
Mars on Earth: Simulation tests in remote desert of Oman
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Mars on Earth: Simulation tests in remote desert of Oman

Dressed in stark white spacesuits against the backdrop of a desolate, auburn terrain of stony plains and sand dunes, two…
Hard crash-landing may have wrecked Europe’s Mars probe
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Hard crash-landing may have wrecked Europe’s Mars probe

Scientists say Europe's experimental Mars probe has hit the right spot but may have been destroyed in a fiery ball…
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